Supply Chain Shaman

JANUARY 8, 2014

Interview for Metrics That Matter. My kitchen table is piled high with interviews for the upcoming book, Metrics That Matter. He is responsible for manufacturing, procurement, supply chain planning, logistics, quality, social responsibility and final product engineering. ” Supply Chain Leader. I am behind. The heat is on.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

In addition to the procurement executives, I also got to meet Captain Dick Phillips, the captain of note in the film “Captain Phillips” We had a chance to talk about his experience, and he also presented to the group about the incredible experience he went through. Does procurement add to top line revenue.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 18, 2018

Snow fell last night as I worked on my last Supply Chain Metrics That Matter report. The concept of the Effective Frontier is that best in class companies align functional metrics to balance growth, cost, inventory and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) performance while balancing customer service metrics. The Effective Frontier.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

He is also the Founder and Co-Director of the MIT FreightLab – a research initiative that works on improving the way freight transportation is designed, procured, and managed. Cassandra Gaines.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Now, it’s also important to realize that produce grown in North America may not be subject to lockdowns in Shanghai, but there’s another factor at play. Yes, all parties have metrics and KPIs that help them know when to switch carriers or where to throttle ordering, but that’s not acceptable to customers.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 3, 2023

Luciano Sieber, Vice President of End-to-End Supply Chain for North America at Colgate-Palmolive, sums up the need to recognize and master volatility: “Resilience has a clear definition at Colgate: thriving in a world of uncertainty.” As a result, we’ve seen a 10% increase in service metrics.”.

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

The recent uptick of sustainability bonds from global companies like Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and most recently Amazon sends a strong market signal that focus on corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is no longer just a trend – it’s the new business imperative. Corporate ESG Reporting Today .

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 26, 2022

More specifically, it took 83 days for container transport from Europe to Asia, and 88 days from North America to Asia. This is 15 days longer than the same quarter last year and an additional five days than the previous quarter. BE READY FOR THE NEW NORMAL.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 2, 2016

This assessment identifies the most important capabilities for which the newly divested company needs to account, which may include functions such as Procurement, Purchasing, Accounting and Supply Chain Operations itself. This begets the need to set the overall strategy for the divestment by way of an exercise, called “capability scoping.”

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SupplyShift

JUNE 2, 2021

The recent uptick of sustainability bonds from global companies like Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and most recently Amazon sends a strong market signal that focus on corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is no longer just a trend – it’s the new business imperative.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There are a lot of hard-headed realists in the procurement and supply chain profession. We should also look strategically at nearshoring to Latin America and Canada. plastics manufacturer who said that his company would require its supplier to report sustainability metrics on a scorecard. What was your response?

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IQMS

JULY 11, 2019

Honeywell is integrating AI and machine-learning algorithms into procurement, strategic sourcing and cost management. PDF, no opt-in) Youichi Nonaka, Senior Chief Researcher, Hitachi R&D Group and Sudhanshu Gaur Director, Global Center for Social Innovation Hitachi America R&D. PDF, no opt-in) 2017 Honeywell User’s Group.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

To find out how having supply chain financial visibility can improve contract negotiations, and to learn how technology can help shippers gain financial visibility across global supply chains, I spoke with Larry Lewis, Kewill’s Senior Vice President, Americas on a recent Talking Logistics episode. There’s also process improvement.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America. Starting his career in carrier procurement and management within a Fortune 100 logistics company, Lynch has held positions of responsibility in all areas of third-party logistics.

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

Over the last 2 years, Supply Chain teams have been struggling to procure and manufacture enough inventory. Run the scenarios internally, identify your key metrics and triggers, be prepared with different action plans, and execute intentionally and confidently with the full support of your company’s C-Level. delivery fee.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Impact: This is resulting in procurement teams scrambling to find new supply sources, while engineers are looking for substitutions alternatives, and other company leaders are figuring out how to bring more in-house for a vertical integrated approach.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This is expected to result in the reduction of over 26 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions — the equivalent of taking five million-plus cars off the road for a full year. Everything from procurement, to production, to logistics can be improved using artificial intelligence. ”[4]. What are companies doing?

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EcoVadis

OCTOBER 17, 2017

million metric tons this year. The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has led the charge for sustainable procurement in recent years as technology companies push hard to meet consumer demands for transparency in the supply chain. Alcatel-Lucent Sustainable Procurement Case Study.

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NC State SCRC

JULY 11, 2017

In North America, the trucking industry saves more than three billion dollars annually by using retreaded tires. Using retreads can save money, regardless of the metric fleets are using to measure their business performance. Examples of metrics include the following: Cost per driver hour. An Effective Business Strategy.

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Locus

JUNE 3, 2022

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. It is worth noting that North America has a much higher emission intensity than sub-Saharan Africa, despite Africa being significantly larger and housing more countries. In the case of manufacturers, it means procuring green and sustainable raw materials.

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NC State SCRC

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Every year about this time, the Wall Street Journal reveals its list of the Management Top 250 firms , which lists America’s Best-Run Companies. Based on several iterations of discussions, reviews of metrics, and benchmarking, the team settled on a system for assessing two important indications of supply chain performance.

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The production and use of biobased products replacing petroleum-based products has the potential to reduce GHG emissions up to 10 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents. In 2014, America’s biobased industry contributed a total of 4.22 For every biobased product industry employee in the U.S.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2022

The goods flow through 2 import centers, 14 strategically located distribution centers in North America, 66 final mile shipping hubs, and nearly 1,700 branch locations. In the annual report where they report on their key performance indicators (KPIs), they don’t just report on core financial metrics and the NPS, they also have people metrics.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. New knowledge and insights from machine learning are revolutionizing supply chain management as a result.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 27, 2016

Will digitization change the way we measure things and monitor metrics? A problem in procurement can impact manufacturing and logistics and planning, but often these dots are never connected, so there never emerges a cross-functional approach to working on them.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

81% of semiconductor contract manufacturing was based in Taiwan or South Korea in 2020 ( Deloitte Global ), but The United States passed a $52 billion dollar Chips for America Act in an effort to bring the manufacturing of microchips back to the United States. Air cargo carriers in North America posted an 11.4% (Deloitte Global).

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 20, 2016

What you find instead are functional groups — such as Manufacturing, Distribution, Sales and Marketing, and Procurement — operating in silos, like a boat full of rowers each doing their own thing. How do you successfully align goals, metrics, and resources across functional groups? Which metrics are the right ones?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2013

With constantly changing markets and rates, procuring and maintaining the best possible rates can be a nightmare. Track your shipments, communicate with your carriers, confirm deliveries and continuously monitor important metrics. Your TMS is accessible by mobile devices so you can stay in touch when you’re away from the office.

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BlueYonder

MAY 13, 2021

We have four main regions in the organization: North America, Latin America, Europe, and APAC. We implemented a similar job standardization project in 70-plus countries for our Seed business, as well as crop production and crop science in North America. What’s next in this journey?

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RFgen

MARCH 20, 2023

More than 80% cited rising input and procurement costs, 78% cited change in demand, and 77% were impacted by shipping and receiving issues. For Schwing America , automating cycle counting led to a huge benefit. This plan should also identify metrics to track in order to determine success. picking accuracy.

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ToolsGroup

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Unmanned coffee stations transmit POS data every 15 minutes to help forecast demand, optimize inventory, and generate replenishment proposals for distribution and procurement; SCP software calculates the refill order requirements nightly for frequent, low-volume deliveries. Both companies described their implementations as transformational.

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SupplyOn

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In this research, we surveyed 788 professionals from Europe, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region on the status of electronic invoicing in their companies, its impact on financial indicators (KPIs) and related processes.

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Unleashed

MARCH 14, 2021

Instead of a dedicated team managing supplier relationships, it might be the procurement manager who manages that as part of their role. Let’s take a look what food supply chain challenges plague New Zealand, Australia, the UK and America. One recent regulation in America is the ELD mandate. Lack of communication.

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HICX Solutions

JULY 13, 2023

At both the Americas Procurement Congress and World Procurement Congress 2023 , we took a deep dive into the world of the supplier portal, dispelling some myths and hearing from Johnson & Johnson and Heineken about their views on this topic. We had no better way to share information than just an email to the suppliers.”

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2023

based Albemarle providing upwards of 100,000 metric tons of battery grade lithium hydroxide to supply 3 million Ford EV batteries starting in 2026. Volkswagen’s recent announcement of plans to open a battery production facility in Canada to support North America production needs has some elements of such a strategy.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

By reducing the key working capital metric of cash conversion cycle (CCC) by 7 days, companies can add 1% to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) margin, increasing profitability by about 20% (for a company with an EBITDA margin of 5%), the research found.

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